Work in Archeology
This aristocrat is referred to as the "father of modern archeology."
What is Heinrich Schliemann?
Herodotus called Egypt this.
What is "the gift of the Nile"?
This first recorded Chinese philosopher who is best known for preaching ethics.
What is Confucius?
This Greek city state had every male citizen in its army.
What is Sparta?
This river is where Rome was settled.
What is the Tiber River?
This famous aristocrat worked to learn about the civilization on Crete.
Who was Arthur Evans?
This was the God of Death and mummification in Egyptian mythology.
Who was Anubis?
The First Emperor to Unite all of China in the Qin Dynasty
What was Qin Shi Huangdi?
Greek god of thieves, catching, thieves, medicine and is often the messenger of the gods.
Who is Hermes?
This was the empire dominated Rome for two hundred years before Rome became independent.
What is the Etruscan empire?
This was the linguist who deciphered the Rosetta Stone.
Who was François Champollion?
This was the pharaoh, that only wanted one god worshiped in Egypt.
Who was Akhenaten?
Greek philosopher who wrote many dialogues on love, beauty, politics and other subjects.
Who is Plato?
This Roman emperor pushed for a program of morality in Rome.
Who was Augustus Caesar?
The Behistun Inscriptions in Persia by King Darius had enabled this script to be deciphered.(It has been compared to the Rosetta stone.)
What is cuneiform?
Woman pharaoh who nearly had all reference to her destroyed.
Who is Hatshepsut?
These statues were found at the grave site of the First Emperor.
What are terrocatta warriors?
The Athenians defeated the Persians at this land battle.
What is Marathon?
This was a famous general invaded Britain, but didn't conquer it.
Who was Julius Caesar?
This older Greek script still remains undeciphered today while its latter version is deciphered.
What is Linear A from Crete?
Last Pharaoh in Egypt.
Who was Cleopatra?
This historic novel describes the fall of the Han Dynasty and rise of the Jin Dynasty.
What is the "Romance of Three Kingdoms"?
This Greek philosopher was referred to as "The Philosopher" in Medieval Europe.
Who is Aristotle?
This epic poem was written by Virgil about a Trojan explorer who fled and founded a colony that later became Rome.
What is the Aenead?